These are a pain in butt to start a friend of mine had one we were forever bumping him, they have probs with decompression and starting hot, in the end he had a leg like popeye's arm where it took so long to kickover, bike was perfectly set up but these years are known as a no go! He chopped his in for a kawasaki 250 4stoke, that was a lot better same as the suzuki 4 stroke i had. I also had an 04 crf450 now that's something you'd be better off with if, if your after a 4stroke it started hot or cold first or second kick even if it wasn't used for months plus was better in every way than any 250 4 stroke I ever rode!